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Act on the Protection of Personal Information

個人情報の保護に関する法律（こじんじょうほうのほごにかんするほうりつ）

Amended by

Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc.

民法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係法律の整備等に関する法律

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The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.

The same amending law also changes

2 provisions changed · 2 provisions in the supplementary provisions

Each provision the amendment changes, before and after in one: words it removes are struck through, words it adds are highlighted. The Japanese is the law; the icon beside each English column says whose English it is.

Article 37 · (Procedures for Dealing with Requests for Disclosure and Other Handling)第三十七条（開示等の請求等に応じる手続）

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  • ChangedArticle 37, paragraph (3)

    A legal representative of a minor or adult wardof a person subject to a decision for a disposition appointing a specified assistant, or an agent privately appointed by the identifiable person or any other agent specified by Cabinet Order may make a request for disclosure or other handling on behalf of the identifiable person.

    未成年者若しくは成年被後見人特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者の法定代理人又は本人の委任による代理人その他政令で定める代理人は、本人に代わって開示等の請求等をすることができる。

Article 76 · (Right to Request Disclosure)第七十六条（開示請求権）

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  • ChangedArticle 76, paragraph (2)

    A legal representative of a minor or adult wardof a person subject to a decision for a disposition appointing a specified assistant, or an agent privately appointed by the identifiable person or any other agent specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter collectively referred to as an "agent" in this Section) may make a request for disclosure (hereinafter referred to as a "request for disclosure" in this Section, Article 125-2, paragraph (2), and Article 127) provided in the preceding paragraph on behalf of that person.

    未成年者若しくは成年被後見人特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者の法定代理人又は本人の委任による代理人その他政令で定める代理人（以下この節において「代理人」と総称する。）は、本人に代わって前項の規定による開示の請求（以下この節、第百二十五条の二第二項及び第百二十七条において「開示請求」という。）をすることができる。

2 changes in the supplementary provisions (附則)

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2 · Transitional Measures Concerning Adult Wards, etc.附則第二条（成年被後見人等に関する経過措置）

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  • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)

    With regard to an adult ward, a guardian of an adult and a supervisor of a guardian of an adult prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act with respect to whom the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, and a person under curatorship, a curator and a supervisor of a curator prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act with respect to whom the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (including where those provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other Acts).

    民法等改正法附則第二条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる同項に規定する成年被後見人、成年後見人及び成年後見監督人並びに民法等改正法附則第三条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる同項に規定する被保佐人、保佐人及び保佐監督人については、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定（これらの規定を他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。

Supplementary Provisions, Article 4 · Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions附則第四条（罰則に関する経過措置）

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  • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)

    With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) or Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Civil Code, etc. Amendment Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

    この法律の施行前にした行為及び民法等改正法附則第二条第一項又は第三条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。